Where does “devoutness” come from?
Devoutness comes from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, Latin devotus, Latin devoveo, and Latin de-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de.
devoutness (English): The state or quality of being devout
Definitions
- The state or quality of being devout
Ancestry of “devoutness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | devout | Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and... |
| 2 | Middle English | devout | devout; sacred, holy |
| 3 | Old French | devot | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēvotus | — |
| 5 | Latin | devoveo | I vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate; I mark... |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |